Benefits of Hospice Care
- Addresses the patient's physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs.
- Helps the patient's family caregivers.
- Takes place in the patient's home or in a home-like setting.
- Concentrates on managing a patient's pain and other symptoms so that the patient may live as comfortably as possible and make the most of the time that remains.
- Believes the quality of life to be just as important as the length of life.
Who Pays for Hospice Care?
The majority of the time, patients and their loved ones do not need to pay for hospice. Who does pay?
Medicare Health Insurance Medicaid Private Payers HMOs Veterans Affairs
Team Members
Who Will Be on Your Hospice Team?
Your hospice team may include any of the following:
